Rating: 10|Votes: 3

“Father, bless me to hang myself!”

Victor Kasyanenko

A man came to him and said, “Father, life is hard. Bless me to hang myself.” Fr. Anatoly listened to him, heard him out, and explained to him that taking one’s own life by suicide is a terrible sin, and that human life is a priceless gift of God. But the man would not hear it, and continued trying to bend the priest’s will to give a blessing for suicide.

Rating: 10|Votes: 4

Hold Fast to What You Have

Russia through the Eyes of an Orthodox American

Olga Kirianova, Peter Lukianov

I had goose bumps, and unexpectedly began to cry like a baby. I am standing in church, tears flowing, and I cannot comprehend where I am. It is impossible to relate this in words. Three minutes ago, I was walking along dirty and busy streets of a bustling modern city, and suddenly I am in paradise!

ISIS Is Putin’s Problem, Too, and This Chechen Is One Reason Why

Abu Omar served with the U.S.-trained Georgian army, spent time in jail, and emerged a jihadi. Now at the top of the ISIS leadership, he wants to take the war to Russia.

Rating: 7,9|Votes: 10

Transgenderism Is A Mental Illness, Not A Civil Rights Issue

If someone came to a doctor and asked him to cut off a perfectly healthy arm because it just felt "wrong" for the arm to be there, should the doctor do it?

LATimes: Generic ancient, liturgical Christians are on the run in Iraq

If news consumers in the United States have learned anything in the past decade or two, they should have learned that there is quite a bit of diversity inside Islam in the Middle East and around the world.